I self host many services without any coding languages under my belt. I use Unraid because I found it user friendly for a newb like me. The most important skills I needed were good data backup habits just in case I messed something up, a willingness to read and learn, and the persistence to try more than once.
Then would you agree that it doesn’t have to do with Adobe Acrobat, as much at it does active script in PDFs and if the reader executes it?